Berghaus-News Issue 50

Berghaus-News Issue

Issue50 | August / September 2015 BERGHAUSNEWS Traffic Technology • Mobile Crash Barriers 02 03 04 Contents at a glance • Major junction with mobile traffic light controller EPB 48 Master/Slave • New traffic safety pocket book • Successful Suisse Public trade-fair in Bern • 30 mobile warning trailers and prewarners in use • Swift protection with LED flashlights • AmpelTools in English • Modular aluminium large mast systems • PPP A7 upgrade project: traffic safety for 25,000 bikers • First major project for the new AVS Gladbeck • Traffic safety of a different kind: Formula 1 feeling at the heart of Vienna Jubilee: 50th issue of Berghaus-News50 Congratulations, Berghaus-News! Who'd have thought back in 1997 that the first BerghausNewsletter for Experts would become an increasingly coveted institution with a current circulation of more than 68,000 printed copies? Join us in looking forward to many more informative issues of the Berghaus-News, now in a new layout! New functions for pedestrian traffic light FG 2 Our mobile pedestrian traffic light FG 2 has been extremely popular for years and is supplied as a complete set. The ex-works scope of supply already includes all components for operating the system, such as four lane and two pedestrian signal heads, all connection leads, aluminium socket pipes for overhead cables and the pedestrian request buttons. Apart from the two-part socket pipes, all components are stowed in the orange casing to keep everything neatly together. On site, the FG 2 runs on 12V batteries, or also on 230V if mains voltage is available. Other options are available for individual use on request, such as our phantom-free LED technology for all signals, wait signal transmitters or acoustic and tactile signal transmitters for the safety of the visually impaired. The recently completed software update provides the controller for the mobile pedestrian traffic light FG 2 with a host of new functions. There is now a choice between German and English for the menu language. Blanking can be activated separately for each program, the additional choice of yellow blinking for VEH when red for pedestrian has been implemented (e.g. for Austria), and separate red-yellow and yellow times can be adjusted for normal operation and blanking. The weekly automatic function has been extended to eight switching times and the day blocks to six. The new software shows any double switching points possibly entered in duplicate by the user directly so these can be corrected quickly. It is now possible to select a lane group on request in pedestrian mode. For example, at car park exits pedestrians can be shown continuous green that is only interrupted when vehicles are leaving. It is also possible to have continuous red where green only comes on request. New AVS branch at Dresden airport Every single output of the controller can be activated individually to check the wiring. A few possibilities have been added to the request relay, and the error blinking for undervoltage function for battery operation has been revised. Here we have also made a few minor adjustments in response to suggestions from customers. Needless to say that Berghaus customers will receive the software update free of charge as a service during the next planned inspection of the controller on our premises! The expansion of our AVS service network is making great progress. To be even closer to our customers, AVS has now set up its third new branch within just twelve months. After opening the two new sites at Euskirchen and Gladbeck in NRW, the traffic safety professionals now have a new branch in Dresden, the capital of the Free State of Saxony. Conveniently located at Dresden International Airport, near to the A4, A13 and A17 motorways, in May AVS Mellingen GmbH opened what is now the twelfth site nationwide for the AVS Traffic Safety Group. Branch manager Gerhard Seel, who looks back on more than 30 years of professional experience in traffic safety, was promptly able to demonstrate the skills of his experienced service team. The projects include for example safeguarding the resurfacing work at the major roadworks on the A72 between Pirk junction and Hochfranken interchange, or comprehensive traffic safety with mobile crash barriers on the A4 at Wilsdruff, practically on their doorstep. The company premises with the address "Zur Steinhöhe 3" is home to about 20 skilled employees of AVS Mellingen GmbH, Dresden branch, with more than 1,400 m² of office and warehouse space. www.AVS-Verkehrssicherung.de The first issue of our company newsletter in 1997 provided traffic safety experts and decision-makers in the road construction authorities with useful information about our proprietary mobile crash barriers. Today it's practically inconceivable to think of motorway roadworks without mobile crash barriers ...